Dan Cammish:
“I came in as championship leader and I leave as championship leader. I scored around the 40-point mark, which is what you aim for because that’s the average to win a championship. So, we’re happy.
“Our weekend was decided probably in race one, choosing the soft tyre early, which in hindsight, was probably a mistake as I think we had the performance not to bother. I ended up third, more by hybrid usage, because that makes quite a big difference now. I was clear of fourth, I could have probably sacrificed a bit of performance, used it later and probably had a slightly better finishing position. I do believe in the last race we would have been on the podium if we were on the soft tyre.
“Race two was a bit of a shame because, finishing position aside, we went the wrong way with the car and just didn’t quite hook it up. We were a nice fifth with clear air, which is good because when your average race is now judged as a fifth, that’s a long way from where we were last year. We’ve said that, as a team, we’re disappointed when we’re not on the podium, which is a fantastic feeling and place to be.
“In race three, on mediums against all the soft runners, we held our own and did a great job to finish fourth, and we beat Colin [Turkington]. We made a step and managed to outdo the BMWs. For me, we’re leaving buoyed by that because it shows that the car can be adjusted to bring it back into a really good place.”
Dan Cammish put together three strong BTCC race performances around the Brands Hatch Indy circuit at the weekend (May 6/7), scoring 40 points and maintaining his lead atop the championship standings.
Coming off the back of a double victory in the opening weekend at Donington Park in April, the Yorkshireman carried his form into qualifying where he went fourth fastest in the first session, before securing pole position in the top ten shoot out by an impressive 0.271 over rival Colin Turkington.
Choosing to use the option tyre for race one, the first time it had been used since 2019, Dan lost out off the line to his rear-wheel-drive rivals Turkington and Jake Hill but tucked into third place with teammate Ash Sutton close behind. Ash made a move to take third at Druids, with both drivers then attacking the BMW of Hill, working their way past on lap two for a NAPA Racing UK two-three at the flag.
Starting third on the grid for race two, Dan once again lost out to Hill as the lights went out. Tom Ingram also made his way past on the run down to Paddock Hill Bend as Dan acclimatised to the medium grip Goodyear tyres. With pre-race setup changes not quite playing out as planned, he was happy to cross the line in a comfortable fifth place.
Lining up in seventh place on the partially reversed grid final race of the day he was surrounded by rivals running the softer option tyre which suited the warmer track temperatures. Nevertheless, Dan got down to business, working his way through the field from tenth up to fourth by the flag to secure a good haul of points and keep him at the top of the championship standings.
Attention will now turn to Snetterton, previously a happy hunting ground for Dan, as the British Touring Car Championship heads to the Norfolk venue for rounds seven, eight, and nine of the season, on the weekend of 21 & 22 May.
